Metering Technician

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is a unique and dynamic place to work. Approximately 1,400 GTAA employees work non-stop with our partners and agencies to deliver a safe and welcoming airport experience at Canada’s leading global hub airport, Toronto Pearson. The impacts of the pandemic have been significant to our industry, yet we remain Pearson Strong and are realizing the opportunity to accelerate our Healthy Airport commitment. Join us on our accelerated journey in creating the airport of the future in a smart, healthy and profitable way.

**Position Summary**:
Reporting to the Manager, Energy, Conservation and High Voltage this position is responsible for maintaining the metering and sub-metering systems including the collection of data for utility recoveries, repair and recertifying meters. This role is also responsible for reviewing all new tenant requests for new meter installations.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Access, read and maintain electrical, water, natural gas and btu sub-meters to the standards required for revenue grade and non-revenue grade utility meters and sub-meters
- Ensures meters are properly calibrated and the functionality of remote monitoring and verify bulk utility meter readings
- Ensures design and configuration of metering, SCADA and energy management systems, including hardware, software, communications
- Develop and maintain GTAA Utilities metering system and ensures a uniform process for all utilities
- Maintain and update the GTAA sub-metering policy document
- Coordinate with Finance and Concessions to ensure tenants are billed, outstanding billing issues are addressed and metering data is collected and prepared to set-up invoices to meet billing requirements
- Investigate and resolve Tenant, Finance and Concession’s queries, potential new utility revenue streams, customer charge increases with regards to sub-metering and billing
- Coordinate with contractors at work areas to inspect to ensure quality control on work for completion and conformance to specifications
- Ensures meters are commissioned to verify proper operation and implementation into master meter listing and billing system
- Support inventory management activities, including processing field returns, adding records to database, inventory counts and physical handling of equipment

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education and/or Electrical Metering Technician certificate or similar
- Experience with installation and maintenance of remotely monitored revenue grade and revenue Canada certified utility meters
- Experience with Microsoft software such as Word and advanced Excel (or similar) skills
- Experience in compiling written reports
- Experience with trouble shooting Electrical systems, meter communications and download metering data
- Able to obtain a D/A AVOP license within thirty (30) days of appointment to the position
- Able to obtain and retain Transportation Security Clearance at the designated level for the position

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Knowledge of Electrical, Natural Gas, Water and BTU systems and interfacing with metering system
- Ability to trouble shooting meters to restore interrupted utility service
- Knowledge of electrical systems trouble shooting
- Knowledge of sub-metering and custody transfer (billing) and Weights and Measurements regulatory requirements.
- Ability to develop and maintain meter database and Utility Sub-metering system and process.
- Knowledge of Program Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s), Program Human Machine interfaces (HMI’s)
- Knowledge in network technologies, communication protocols and applicable hardware and software products
- Knowledge using manufacturers software programs, automated test systems and relational database systems
- Ability to communicate with trades, tenants, service companies and GTAA departments, and be able to coordinate and solicit cooperation

**What's in it for you**

We offer our GTAA members amazing benefits, including retirement planning, group health benefits, employee assistance programs (EAP), paid leave, education and training, as well as recognition and rewards programs.